"Lincoln" is top nominated film for Oscars

The film "Lincoln" led all others with 12 nominations for the 2013 Academy Awards announced Thursday morning.

“Lincoln” nominations include Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

“Life of Pi” came in second with 10 nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture. Other films receiving nominations were “Silver Linings Playbook,” including Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress, and “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” including Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actress.

There were some surprises in the announcement. In the Best Director category, 30 year-old Zeitlin was nominated for “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” as was Michael Haneke for “Amour,” while Kathryn Bigelow (“Zero Dark Thirty”), Ben Affleck (“Argo”), Quentin Tarantino (“Django Unchained”) and Tom Hooper (“Les Miserables”) did not receive nominations. In the Best Song category, Taylor Swift didn’t receive a nomination for “The Hunger Games.”

The following is a complete list of nominees:

Nominations for the 85th Academy Awards

Performance by an actor in a leading roleBradley Cooper in “Silver Linings Playbook”Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln”Hugh Jackman in “Les Misérables”Joaquin Phoenix in “The Master”Denzel Washington in “Flight”

Performance by an actor in a supporting roleAlan Arkin in “Argo”Robert De Niro in “Silver Linings Playbook”Philip Seymour Hoffman in “The Master”Tommy Lee Jones in “Lincoln”Christoph Waltz in “Django Unchained”

Performance by an actress in a leading roleJessica Chastain in “Zero Dark Thirty”Jennifer Lawrence in “Silver Linings Playbook”Emmanuelle Riva in “Amour”Quvenzhané Wallis in “Beasts of the Southern Wild”Naomi Watts in “The Impossible”

Performance by an actress in a supporting roleAmy Adams in “The Master”Sally Field in “Lincoln”Anne Hathaway in “Les Misérables”Helen Hunt in “The Sessions”Jacki Weaver in “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best documentary feature“5 Broken Cameras”Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi“The Gatekeepers”Nominees to be determined“How to Survive a Plague”Nominees to be determined“The Invisible War”Nominees to be determined“Searching for Sugar Man”Nominees to be determined

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)“Before My Time” from “Chasing Ice”Music and Lyric by J. Ralph“Everybody Needs A Best Friend” from “Ted”Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane“Pi’s Lullaby” from “Life of Pi”Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri“Skyfall” from “Skyfall”Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth“Suddenly” from “Les Misérables”Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil

Original screenplay“Amour” Written by Michael Haneke“Django Unchained” Written by Quentin Tarantino“Flight” Written by John Gatins“Moonrise Kingdom” Written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola“Zero Dark Thirty” Written by Mark Boal

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